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Letterman's Top 10 for A-Rod

Yeah, some more piling on poor A-Rod, but the list does have a former Cub reference (not to mention Blago), and some of it is funny in case you have not heard them yet.  This list  of messages on A-Rod's answering machine is from the Monday, Feb. 9th show:

10. "Hey, it's Mark McGwire. Want to get together this week and not talk about the past?" 

9. "Joe Torre here -- thanks for helping book sales." 

8. "Could you find a steroid that keeps you from choking in the playoffs?" 

7. "Are you worried this will taint all the championships you didn't win?" 

6. "It's Bernie Madoff. Nice try but I'm still the most hated man in New York." 

5. "Michael Phelps here. Got any snacks?" 

4. "This is Sammy Sosa. Just pretend you don't speak English." 

3. "Michael Phelps again. Did I call you or did you call me?" 

2. "Hey, it's Rod Blagojevich -- I'll say you're innocent, if you say I am." 

1. "It's Madonna. You got a phone number for Jeter?"

Wonder what kind of "nice" signs the fans at opposing parks will have for A-Rod?  Well, having over a hundred million in the bank and sleeping over at Madonna's will hopefully assuage any hurt feelings he may have.

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funny stuff

I wonder if he is a fan of a baseball team.

by ol Pete on Feb 10, 2009 10:38 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Yeah he is

Grew up a Reds fan, I read that once somewhere. Think he used to go to old Riverfront with his pops.

"Ask Dad. He'll know. And on the off chance he doesn't, he'll make up something good"

by StevenABQ on Feb 11, 2009 1:05 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

thanks for sharing

LOL

I LOVE IT!

"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy."
- Dodgers, Astros, Brewers, A's & Angels pitcher Don Sutton

by CubFreak on Feb 10, 2009 10:41 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

#2.

Perfect.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Feb 11, 2009 4:14 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Saw it on the show live that night

ROFLAMO

  1. and #8 are my favourites.

Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.

by blackhawk24 on Feb 11, 2009 6:14 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

I gotta go with no 3 as the best

Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.

by bren on Feb 11, 2009 7:46 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

agreed

http://thegettinplace.blogspot.com/

by TheTruth11 on Feb 11, 2009 3:36 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

me too

"Manny Trillo is coming in to pinch run. You know, for a lot of teams, you would pinch run [i]for[/i] Manny Trillo." - Harry Caray

by Archie on Feb 12, 2009 11:53 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Wonder what kind of “nice” signs the fans at opposing parks will have for A-Rod?

How about the nice signs fans will have at his home park, especially if he starts off slow.

"Dad gum right this games gonna be played under protest. . . I guarantee this is gonna be one protest that's upheld." --Hawk Harrelson, 6/24/07

by RynoHoF on Feb 11, 2009 8:13 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Funny

FYI: This is really more suited fora FanShot

by digitalbenjamin on Feb 11, 2009 11:17 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Agreed.

Amusing list, but there’s not much to discuss here.

We are a fever ... we are a fever ... we ain't born typical.

by dat cubfan daver on Feb 11, 2009 11:31 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

y'all are talking like

the fans will…

uh……

needle him this season.

by tim815 on Feb 11, 2009 4:10 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

#7 Gets my vote for funniest.

Shouldn’t have been right after the joke from #8 though, they’re too similar. As is usually the case with Letterman TopTen Lists, #1 is the least funny. Good stuff though.

"They say we live and learn. Often what we learn is what damn fools we have been." ~Thomas Sowell

by Goodie1969 on Feb 11, 2009 6:47 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Fanshots

Sorry, didn’t know they even existed ‘til you mentioned it. I’m sure Al will feel free to move me if he so chooses. It’s his sandbox.

Pie, Fontenot, Theriot and Soto up the middle ... yippie oh, oh, oh!

by SpudV on Feb 12, 2009 6:13 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

I can't move a post from one to the other.

See this post for an explanation of the difference.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Feb 12, 2009 9:44 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

OT and appropos of nothing...

…but if you’re bored and want to kill some time waiting for PCR Day tomorrow, check out this clip of Joaquin Phoenix on Letterman. Then answer the following simple question: Real or hoax?

We are a fever ... we are a fever ... we ain't born typical.

by dat cubfan daver on Feb 12, 2009 12:10 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

saw that last night.

Ordinarily I’d say hoax, but I’ve been reading/hearing weird things about Joaquin for a long time. And his recent statement about giving up acting to just seemed to solidify that weirdness.

So at first I was waiting for him to rip the beard, glasses, and hairpiece off, but after awhile, I became convinced it was real.

Biggest laugh for me was towards the end when Dave said Farrah was off the hook. Crack me up…

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Feb 12, 2009 1:06 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I know there's been rumors about Joaquin's mental state for a while...

…but my gut still says it’s a hoax. Dave was going out of his way a little too much to give him shit, and Joaquin stayed in character a little too well. I think if he was really mentally ill, he would’ve snapped at some point. Still, pretty damn entertaining.

We are a fever ... we are a fever ... we ain't born typical.

by dat cubfan daver on Feb 12, 2009 2:28 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I think he's channeling Sasha Baron Cohen

"Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil," - Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 64.

by Emelie on Feb 12, 2009 3:18 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome

Thanks for posting this. :)

Dave

by Dave in the basement on Feb 12, 2009 12:50 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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